GHG Monitor Vol. 1, No. 197

International

Climate Envoy: Marrakesh Will Kick off Implementation Phase of Global Climate Action

In less than two weeks, the parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will gather in conference for the first time since the adoption of the Paris Agreement on climate change. This meeting, the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP22) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate […]
  • Budget & Policy

    Businesses Not Thinking Long Term on Climate, CDP Finds

    A large majority of the world’s companies globally have committed to reducing their greenhouse gases, but very few have developed long-term plans to meet their goal, CDP said in a report Tuesday. “There has been significant improvement in recent years in the numbers of companies setting targets for emissions reductions, but these targets are in […]

  • International

    Developing World Doesn’t Need Coal, Study Says

    The world’s most developed economies reached that level by burning coal to power industry. The developing nations of the 21st century can, and should, take a different path, according to a report issued Tuesday by 12 global development organizations including the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), the Catholic international development charity (CAFOD), and Christian Aid. “[T]he […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Report: Midwest States Can Harness Biomass Partnerships to Meet CPP Targets

    States in the Midwest can work together to bolster the use of biomass co-firing in coal-fueled power plants to drive down carbon dioxide emissions, according to a report from the University of Missouri. Interested in how woody biomass could be harnessed to help states reach the federally set emissions reduction targets of the federal Clean […]

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